Reco

The Reco is a gold, silver, and copper mine located in Okanogan county, Washington.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Reco

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper

Location

State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Myers Creek

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Sedimentary And Volcanic Materials Of The Kobau Formation Were Deposited Proximal To An Island Arc Along A Convergent Continental Margin.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Bornite
Gangue: Marcasite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Production): MOST OF WORK AT MINE TOOK PLACE BETWEEN 1897 AND 1900. FROM 1916 TO 1953, THE MINE PRODUCED 1,015 OF ORE VALUED AT $23,000 FROM GOLD AND $365 FROM SILVER. THE MINE HAS BEEN IDLE SINCE 1953 (MOEN, 1980, P. 40).

Comment (Geology): A NORTH-STRIKING VEIN IN THE KOBAU FORMATION, WHICH WAS INTRUDED BY MESOZOIC INTERMEDIATE ACIDIC COMPOSITION DIKES (STOFFEL, 1990).

Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPMENT WORK CONSISTS OF SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS, TRENCHES, SHORT ADITS, AND TWO MAIN ADITS. THE LONGEST ADIT (NO. 2) WAS DRIVEN FOR 148FT ONTO THE GRAY EAGLE CLAIM. THE PROPERTY IS ON PATENTED MINING CLAIMS (MOEN, 1980, P. 40). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.

Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1980, MYERS CREEK AND WAUCONDA MINING DISTRICTS OF NORTHEASTERN OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 73, 96 P., 6 PL.

Reference (Deposit): STOFFEL, K.L., COMPILER, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OROVILLE 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN FILE REPORT 90-11, 58 P., 1 PL.

Reference (Deposit): WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING, 1941, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING PROPERTIES: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7, 74 P.

Reference (Deposit): DERKEY, R.E.; JOSEPH, N.L.; LASMANIS, R., 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON-PRELIMINARY REPORT: STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, 577 P.

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